OREANDA-NEWS. November 22, 2010. The number of ATMs in the Republic of Azerbaijan was 1847. This indicator increased by 209 in comparison with the respective period of the previous year, reported the press-centre of CBA.

As at 1 October of the current year, 1028 ATMs are located in Baku, and 918 in other cities and regions.

Within this period, the number of POS-terminals in the Republic of Azerbaijan reached 8882. This indicator increased by 363 in comparison with the respective period of the previous year. At present, 8077 POS-terminals are located in Baku, and 805 in other regions.

As at 1 October 2010, the number of payment cards in circulation in the Republic of Azerbaijan has increased by 6,5% compared to the respective period of the previous year and reached 4059 thousand. The number of operations carried out through ATMs and POS-terminals via payment cards reached 3804. 94,7% of them are debit cards.